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Riff: Protomartyr – “Feast of Stephen”

Oct 12, 2015

Waking up on another day/Last night’s mistakes sleepin’ in the hay/The sun cracks open like a runny egg/I found my body in your head

from Feast of Stephen lyrics by Protomartyr

Casey navigates a hangover that has him feeling his life slip through his fingers, but he takes some solace knowing “they can’t stone [him] ‘til [he] fall[s] asleep.” Reflecting the fuzzy din in his head on a rough morning, the chords rarely resolve, spending most of their time in the tensing up. There are a lot of subtle intricacies across this album helping his spoken-word style make an impact.

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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